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What Causes Severe Palpitation With Sensitivity To Light?
my son age 7 woke through the night with a racing heartbeat. during the day he was complaining of light sensitivity when outside. now a temp of 38.5 degrees and gone to sleep. my daughter age 2 is recovering from hand foot and mouth. what should i be looking out for?
Fri, 21 Oct 2022
Hello,
Few causes of palpitations in a kid are most of the times not harmful. They are increased metabolic rate like fever, catecholamines release like stress and anxiety, drug induced, hyperventilation, postural orthostatic tachycardia, premature atrial contractions, and premature ventricular contractions.
Serious causes include myocarditis, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, hypoglycemia, and pheochromocytoma. Photosensitive disorders in children are idiopathic, or related to nutritional, genetic, metabolic or connective tissue diseases. If it is associated with headaches, we must think of migraine headache, cluster headache etc. Kindly consult a pediatrician for thorough clinical examination and necessary tests to diagnose the cause and appropriate treatment.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Pallavi M., Anesthesiologist
Few causes of palpitations in a kid are most of the times not harmful. They are increased metabolic rate like fever, catecholamines release like stress and anxiety, drug induced, hyperventilation, postural orthostatic tachycardia, premature atrial contractions, and premature ventricular contractions.
Serious causes include myocarditis, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, hypoglycemia, and pheochromocytoma. Photosensitive disorders in children are idiopathic, or related to nutritional, genetic, metabolic or connective tissue diseases. If it is associated with headaches, we must think of migraine headache, cluster headache etc. Kindly consult a pediatrician for thorough clinical examination and necessary tests to diagnose the cause and appropriate treatment.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Pallavi M., Anesthesiologist
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Hello,
Palpitation is unlikely to be associated with sensitivity to light. Palpitation can be due to anxiety. I suggest you to consult a cardiologist for clinical assessment to look for probable cause of palpitation.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Shailja Puri, Pathologist and Microbiologist
Palpitation is unlikely to be associated with sensitivity to light. Palpitation can be due to anxiety. I suggest you to consult a cardiologist for clinical assessment to look for probable cause of palpitation.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Shailja Puri, Pathologist and Microbiologist
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